THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
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American Association of Nurserymen 
ORGANIZED 1875 
Office: Princeton, New Jersey 
A Co-operative Organization of Four Hundred Nursery firms associated for 
mutual benefit. 
Our aims and purposes: 
To improve conditions in the Trade wherever improvement* is needed; 
To make business between Members profitable and pleasant through observance of the ethics of fair 
competition; 
To bring the Nurserymen and the Planters into closer relations and secure a better understanding 
of the problems of each; 
To disseminate accurate information about Trees and Plants and to encourage and assist in their 
more general and more profitable use; 
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To Advertise the Association in connection with our Publicity Campaign, so that the buying public 
can know what the Association is and what it stands for; to recommend its Members to planters as logical 
and dependable sources of supply; to get orders for our Members and to see that they are filled accord¬ 
ing to the Association’s stated policy of fair-dealing. 
To assist Members to avoid bad debts with reliable Credit Information; 
To Collect Accounts for Members; 
To Collect Freight and Express Overcharges and to advise Members regarding any Transportation 
problem, through Mr. Charles Sizemore, Traffic Manager; 
To adjust all disputed accounts between Members through our Arbitration Committee; 
To see that the rights and interests of our Members are carefully watched and protected by our 
Legislative Committee. 
To secure a more accurate and complete Code of Standardized Plant Names through the work of our 
Committee on Nomenclature; 
To do all and anything that will add to the prestige and standing of the American Association of 
Nurserymen and make the business of its members more profitable and, as representative of the Nursery 
industry, to advance the trade in public esteem. 
All Nurserymen who approve of our aims and purposes are invited to join with us. Any further in¬ 
formation wanted will be gladly furnished by the Secretary. 
The Association Bulletin will resume regular publication and a copy will be mailed on request. 
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EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE : 
Lloyd C. Stark, President, 
Stark Bros. Nurseries & Orchards Co., 
Louisiana, Missouri. 
M. R. Caahman, Vice-President, 
Clinton Falls Nursery Co., 
Owatonna, Minnesota. 
E. W. Chattin, 
Southern Nursery Company, 
Winchester, Tennessee. 
J. B. Pilkington, 
Portland, Oregon. 
J. W. Hill, Treasurer, 
Des Moines Nursery Co., 
Des Moines, Iowa. 
Charles Sizemore, Traffic Manager, 
Louisiana, Missouri. 
E. S. Welch, 
Mount Arbor Nurseries, 
Shenandoah, Iowa. 
C. R. Burr, 
C. R. Burr & Company, 
Manchester, Connecticut. 
C. C. Mayhew, 
Texas Nursery Company, 
Sherman, Texas. 
J. Edward Moon, 
The Wm. H. Moon Company, 
Morrisville, Pennsylvania. 
Address: 
JOHN WATSON, Secretary, 
PRINCETON, New Jersey. 
